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Say hello

VOCABULARY Numbers 0–10

Countries A Write the numbers out in words.
Complete the short conversations with the names of a 1 one
the countries. b 9
A: Hi! Nice to meet you! I’m Wanda. I’m from c 3
1
C na . d 6
B: Nice to meet you too, Wanda. I’m Danny. I’m from e 2
2
B z . f 10
g 8
A: Are you from 3A g n ?
h 4
B: No, I’m from 4M x . i 7
j 5
A: Hello. I’m Jack. I’m from 5B t in.
B: Nice to meet you, Jack. I’m Ali and I’m from B Match the phone numbers in words (1–6) with the phone
6
Mo c . numbers in figures (a–f ).
1 double-oh, five, one, six, four, one, seven,
A: This is Mount Fuji. Where is it? three, two, nine
B: It’s in 7J a . 2 four, one, eight, one, seven, nine, eight, two
3 double-oh, one, five, six, four, seven, one,
A: Where’s the Leaning Tower of Pisa? three, two, nine
B: It’s in 8I y. 4 four, one, eight, one, seven, eight, nine, two
5 double-oh, one, five, six, four, seven, one,
A: The Pyramids are in E 9
p . nine, three, two
6 four, one, eight, seven, one, eight, nine, two
B: Yes, and Sydney Opera House is in
10
Au r i . a 0015 6471329
b 0015 6471932
A: I’m from 11S i . Are you from c 41871892
12
T k ? d 41817982
B: Yes, that’s right. e 41817892
f 0051 6417329

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 1.1 Nice to meet you! Say hello

PRONUNCIATION
Syllables and syllable stress
A Which syllable is stressed? Write the words in the table.

Argentina Australia China Egypt Italy Japan Mexico Morocco Spain Turkey

1 Brazil 3 Canada 8 9 10

2 4 6

5 7

B Listen and check your answers to Exercise A. B Complete the missing information.
1.1 1 Positive: I am / I’m from Spain.
C Practise saying the cities and countries. Then listen Negative: .
1.2 and check.
Question: Am I from Spain?
1 Berlin, Germany
Short answer: Yes, I am. / .
2 Budapest, Hungary
2 Positive: .
3 Bogotá, Colombia
Negative: You are not happy. / You aren’t happy. / You’re
4 Jakarta, Indonesia not happy.
5 Moscow, Russia Question: ?
6 Stockholm, Sweden Short answer: Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
D Add the countries from Exercise C to the table in Exercise A. 3 Positive: I am from Egypt. / I’m from Egypt.
Negative: I am not from Egypt. / I’m not from Egypt.
GRAMMAR Question: ?
Short answer: . / No, I’m not.
Present simple be: I, you
A Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. C Complete the conversation with the correct form of the
verb be.
1 You from Morocco.
A: Hi, 1 Maria. 2
a is b are
from Mexico.
2 from Germany. I’m from Austria.
B: Nice to meet you, Maria. 3 David.
a I don’t b I’m not
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3 from Indonesia, right? A: Nice to meet you, David. from Britain?

a You are b You is B: No, 5 .6 from

4 So, from Britain. Where are you from? Melbourne in Australia.

a you not b you’re not

5 A: from Australia?
B: No, I’m from New Zealand.
a You are b Are you
6 Hi. Salvatore from Italy.
a I am b I’m am

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1.2 Nice to meet you! What’s your job?

GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION
Present simple be: he, she, it Contractions with be
A Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in A Practise saying the sentences aloud. Be careful with the
the box. underlined phrases.
he’s is Is it isn’t it is It’s not She’s 1 He’s from Brazil.
2 It’s great here!
1 Jake an architect. His job is great.
3 Gemma? She’s very nice.
2 Sylvia a teacher – she’s a student!
4 It isn’t my first day.
3 I love my job.  fun.
5 She’s from Australia. She’s new here, too.
4 Fred isn’t a designer; a photographer.
6 He isn’t my colleague. He’s my friend.
5 A: Is your job OK?
B: Yes, . B Listen and tick (✓) the sentence you hear. Practise
6 This is Yasmin. a police officer. 1.3 saying the sentences in the same way as the speakers in
the recording.
7 You’re from Denmark? Wow!
nice there? 1 a She isn’t nice.

8 My manager is here. She’s very b She’s really nice.

busy today.
2 a It isn’t fun!
B Complete the questions and answers with one or two b It’s fun!
words in each gap.
3 a She’s my manager.
1 Is Peter a teacher?
b She isn’t my manager.
No, . He’s a doctor.
2 a small team? 4 a He’s from Egypt.

Yes, it is. b He isn’t from Egypt.

3 Is she busy today? 5 a He’s a doctor.
Yes, . She’s very busy.
b She’s a doctor.
4 Is David your colleague?
6 a He’s new today.
No, he isn’t. my manager.
5 Is it a big company? b She’s new today.

Yes, it is. very big! 7 a She’s busy today.

6  nice? b She isn’t busy today.
No, she isn’t nice and she isn’t friendly.
8 a It’s a big team.

b It isn’t a big team.

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 1.3 Nice to meet you! Lession title
Reading; Listening

READING C IDENTIFY PERSONAL PRONOUNS What do the words in

bold in the email refer to?
A READ FOR GIST Read the email. Where is Kitty’s job?
1 the new job
2
3
Re: My new job
4
To: MatteoRossi@facespace.nett
5
From: kittyd@smail.nett
6

D REFLECT Think about the answers to these questions.

Hi Matteo, 1 What is your job?

2 Are you happy in your job?
How are you? I’m happy because today is the first
day in my new job. 1It’s fun. I’m a receptionist at a
language school in Oxford. 2It’s big and there are LISTENING
hundreds of students. They come from Turkey, Spain,
Egypt, Japan and other countries. This is a picture of A PREDICT Look at the picture. Do you think the people
know each other?
me at work.
Today is the first day for the students, too. I write
the names, addresses and phone numbers on the
registration form. My colleague isn’t here today, so I’m
very busy. 3She’s from Australia and her name is Anna.
Now I’m in the café. 4It’s small, but it’s nice.
My manager, David, is with me. 5He’s friendly.
How’s your new job? And where is 6it? Is it in London?
Please tell me all about it!
See you soon!
Kitty
B LISTEN FOR GIST Listen to a conversation. Where are
1.4 the people?

C LISTEN FOR DETAIL Listen again and complete the

1.4 information about the people.

Woman
1
First name:
2
Job:
Man
3
First name:
Last name: Abboud
Job: 4
on a
design course
Home (city, country): Alexandria, 5
B READ FOR DETAIL Read the email again and answer Classroom number: 6
the questions.
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1 What is Kitty’s job?
Time:
2 Is the school big or small?
3 What information is on the registration form? D REFLECT Think about the answers to these questions.
4 Where is Kitty’s colleague from? 1 Which country do you think is good for an English language
5 Where is Kitty now? school: Britain, Australia, the USA or a different country?
6 Is her manager friendly? 2 Are the students in your English class all from your
country, or are they from different countries?

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 1.4 Nice to meet you! Functional Language; Fill in a form

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE WRITING

Greeting people A Which words in the box need capital letters? Why?
austria berlin carlbeck@zmail.nett engineer
fashion designer helena jones simon stockholm

B USING CAPITAL LETTERS Find and correct the mistakes

with capital letters in the form.

Purcell Leisure Centre

Registration Form

First name: alexander

Last name: sparks

Home (city, country): glasgow, scotland

Job: architect

Telephone number: 01414 960599

A Complete the conversation between Laura and Callum
with the words and phrases (a–j). Email: alexsparks@amail.nett
a No, I’m not f Bye
b later g Yes, I am
c Hi h Where are you from
d Are you from New York i Nice to meet you
e see you j last
Callum: 1
! My name’s Callum. I’m WRITING PRACTICE
from England. WRITE Complete the form with information about a friend.
Laura: Hello, Callum. 2 . I’m Laura. Do not forget to use capital letters for names and places.
I’m from America.
3
Callum: ?
4
Laura: . I’m from Boston.
Callum: Are you a student? Purcell Leisure Centre
Laura: No, I’m a computer programmer. Are you Registration Form
a student?
5
Callum: .
6
First name:
Laura: in England?
Callum: London. Last name:
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Laura: What’s your
name, Callum?
Home (city, country):
Callum: Westbrook. I’m Callum Westbrook. And you? Job:
Laura: Price. Laura Price.
Telephone number:
Callum: Well, erm, nice to meet you, Laura. See you
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. Email:
Laura: Yes, 9 in class.
Callum: OK, then. 10 .
Laura: Bye.

B Now listen to the conversation and check your answers

1.5 to Exercise A.

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